AMD Radeon R9 290

Graphics Processor

Hawaii

Cores

2560

TMUs

160

ROPs

64

Memory Size

4 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Bus Width

512 bit

GPU

PCB Front

PCB Back

Recommended Resolutions:

640x480

1280x720

1366x768

1600x900

1920x1080

2560x1440

3840x2160

The Radeon R9 290 was a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched in November 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Hawaii graphics processor, in its Hawaii PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 12.0. The Hawaii graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 438 mm² and 6,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon R9 290X2, which uses the same GPU but has all 2816 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon R9 290 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs. AMD has placed 4,096 MB GDDR5 memory on the card, which are connected using a 512-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 947 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz. Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R9 290 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 275 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort. Radeon R9 290 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 275 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 399 US Dollars.